Good things come to those who wait (and wait!)

It’s amazing what makes people happy!
LMAO

I love progress! Wish I was at portaloo stage... Cant wait.

It seems to me with all the beautiful trees around your home will have a nature outlook from every window. Tranquil!


Wishing you a speedy and smooth build

Raz

Beautiful porta-loo......I wish we had one
What a lovely lush setting you have....you must be so excited that it,s all going to happen soon

Good luck with it all

Mel

Yay!
I knew only you guys would understand my port-a-loo excitement!

It's a lot less green than it was before demolition but I'm surrounded by blue gums and as soon as I move in I'll get to work on my native gardens. I'm aiming for no lawn, no way I'm going to mow, I'd rather tend to the vegies and native gardens.

My Site Supervisor called today to say my site prep is done, a week ahead of schedule!


My retaining wall man is going to swing by tomorrow and have a look, and can start pretty much straight away. He still hasn't given me a quote yet (said I'd get it this afternoon). I'm nervous. If its under $5k I'll grumble, under $2k I'll dance the polka and somewhere in between I'll be happy enough.

PS I did peek inside, the curiosity was too much, it was nice + clean because no workers had been onsite yet!


PPS Raz Brittany and Melanie, I expect to see your port-a-loo pics too!!

Hooray!
Site prep complete, one week early.


http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/siteprepcomplete2.jpg


Its exciting because I can see where the rooms will be!

Still no joy with the retaining wall man though. It will go right up the left hand side, then across the back about 1/2 way. The concrete man is ready to go so as soon as the wall is in, he can go to work too!

wow you do look like your house is in some lush tropical island with the banana tree in the background! how long would it be before completion?

Long time no post, but there has been progress.
2 weeks ago they did my waffle pad

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/Wafflepodfromfrontofproperty240508.jpg

And today, oh my god I can't believe it after everything... A SLAB!!

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/Slableft280508.jpg

You probably cant see in those pics but the deep edge beam is deeper than I am.

Also you can see my $20k retaining wall in the background. Its still not engineer certified (hassles with the landscaper, he did a bit of a ******* job but is going to fix it)

Hooray
Will try and write my name into the slab tomorrow morning
CANT BELIEVE IT

Congratulations on your slab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How very very exciting. its gonna be fast track all the way from here.

Slabs are wonderful things.!


Hope your landscaper will do all the right things by you.

Raz

Ditto with the congratulations re the slab - love the greenery around your block. Looks like a beautiful peaceful setting

What happened there??

Lovely slab by the way

congratulations too!

very nice feeling to finally see the slab eh?





that's a nice idea!
hmm.. didn't think of that.. too late for us now.

Hooray lrhodes1! As of 2 days ago we have one of those too!!! I never thought I'd get so excited over seeing one!! Yours is nicer than ours though

Lovely slab too. Can't wait till we get one of those...

More good news - tile selection complete and shown below

My ensuite

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/MyEnsuiteTiles.jpg


Main bathroom, the feature tile will be on the side of the bath
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/Mymainbathroomtilesshowingthefeatur.jpg

Main hall, kitchen, meals, family and rumpus tile, with the little porch step (the dark one)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/Mainlivingareasandhalltilewithlittl.jpg



ANDD.....

MY FRAME IS UP!!

As at 3.45pm yesterday

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/Mylittlehouseasofyesterday345pm.jpg


http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/Myhousegarageliftlittleporchlounger.jpg

Can scarcely believe all those numbers in netbank mean i'm actually getting a real life home, right before my eyes, amazing

Love your feature tile for the main bathroom - it is gorgeous!!

Well done! Great colours

Oh those tiles are devine!!!!


Nice frame

Oh Wow! Love the tiles! Makes me wish I had cash to spend on nice stuff like that! Well done!

22 June 08, frames are complete ans windows are in!
The upgraded trio of vertical windows look awesome.
There are bags of concrete onsite so I think bricks will be delivered tomorrow.
Yippee looking like an actual house

Front windows

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/22jun08loushouse-1.jpg

Front hall

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/22jun08loushouse2-1.jpg

Kitchen, family room, rumpus

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/22jun08loushouse4-1.jpg

View from main bedroom

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/louiserhodes/Building%20Process%20Pennant%20Hills/22jun08loushouse3-1.jpg

Glad you all approve of my tiles! They were all included in the standard range except for the large one I'm using for the main area floor tiles which I have to pay for myself. And I pay a little bit of wastage charge for the wallpaper effect tile.

Love the feature tiles for both bathrooms. great win with them being in the standard tile allowances.